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Goods and Services Tax : The debate examines why GST penalties under Section 122(1A) may survive a direct challenge under Article 20(2). The key takeaway i...
Goods and Services Tax : The Court held that cancellation proceedings for Rule 10A violations must be initiated through FORM GST REG-31, which grants thirt...
Goods and Services Tax : The Karnataka AAR held that ITC on statutory canteen services is available only to the extent of expenses actually borne by the em...
Goods and Services Tax : E-commerce sellers generally require GST registration from their very first sale, irrespective of turnover thresholds applicable t...
Goods and Services Tax : The Court held that recovery from third parties cannot be initiated when only a proposed demand exists and no final tax liability ...
Goods and Services Tax : The Rajasthan GSTAT Bar has urged the Tribunal to adopt a pragmatic approach by accepting pre-deposits made through the Electronic...
Goods and Services Tax : Haryana recorded the highest State GST growth rate in India at 22% in May 2026. The achievement is attributed to strong tax admini...
Goods and Services Tax : Practitioners are reportedly following different methods while completing GSTAT appeal forms because of inadequate guidance. The r...
Goods and Services Tax : The certificate clarifies that dealing and investment in securities are outside the scope of GST. Companies engaged solely in secu...
Goods and Services Tax : Representation addressed to Union Finance Minister, GST Council and CBIC seeks legislative and administrative relief for bona fide...
Goods and Services Tax : The Kerala High Court set aside a consolidated notice issued for FY 2019-20 to 2024-25. It held that separate notices must be issu...
Goods and Services Tax : The Court granted interim protection after observing that proceedings under Section 73 appeared to nullify refund orders sanctione...
Goods and Services Tax : The Gauhati High Court held that partners who retained benefits from GST violations and acted behind such transactions can be pena...
Goods and Services Tax : The Court held that denial of input tax credit cannot be justified solely because the selling dealer failed to deposit tax, where ...
Goods and Services Tax : The Court held that writ petitions need not continue once the GSTAT becomes operational and statutory appeal timelines are availab...
Goods and Services Tax : GSTN has postponed the implementation of mandatory "Ship To GSTIN" capture and voluntary E-Way Bill closure to 1 August 2026. The ...
Corporate Law : The 2026 amendments significantly expand disclosure requirements for operational creditors and corporate applicants. The changes a...
Goods and Services Tax : Gross GST collections reached ₹1.94 lakh crore in May 2026, registering 3.2% growth. The increase was driven largely by a 19.1% ...
Goods and Services Tax : The West Bengal GST Department ruled that intra-State movement of goods related to job work remains exempt from e-way bill generat...
Goods and Services Tax : GSTN has announced mandatory capture of Ship-To GSTIN in Bill-To/Ship-To transactions under the EWB system. The change aims to imp...
GST not leviable on amount representing employee’s portion of canteen charges recovered/collected by applicant from its employees and paid to canteen service provider on behalf of employee since it would not be considered as a supply under provisions of section 7 of CGST Act, 2017 and GGST Act, 2017.
In re Profisolutions Private Limited (GST AAR Tamilnadu) Determination of the liability to pay tax on any goods or services. Whether the services provided to Head Office will attract GST Liability? Services, including the services of common employees of a person, provided by branch office to head office and vice versa, each having separate GST […]
In re Samco Logistics LLP (GST AAR Tamilnadu) 1. Rental Income received by the applicant from Renting Warehouse to store Agricultural Produce is a consideration for supply and the activity is covered under the meaning of supply of services in terms of Section 7 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017. 2. Renting […]
In re AP Power Development co. LTD. (GST AAR Andhra Pradesh) 1. Whether liquidated damages collected by the APPDCL from CHETTINAD LOGISTICS PRIVATE LIMITED for non-performing of an act constitute as supply as per Section 7 of GST act. Answer : Affirmative Question 2 : What is the classification under GST for such liquidated damages […]
AAR held that GST not applicable on supply of 1 kg packing red gram dall secondary packing in 50 kg bag to the AP State Civil Supplies Corporation Limited, Vijayawada as per the design and label given by the corporation with a prior agreement.
CESTAT Ahmedabad held that issue of leviability of tax on liquidated damages is to be decided as per clarification provided by CBIC vide circular no. 178/10/2022-GST. The circular mainly clarifies that liquidated damages are mere flow of money from party who causes a breach of contract to party who suffers loss due to such breach, then such payments do not constitute consideration for supply and are not taxable.
CBIC extends time limit under section 73(10) of CGST Act, 2017 for issuance of order under section 73(9), for recovery of tax not paid or short paid or of input tax credit wrongly availed or utilised for financial 2017-18,2018-19 and 2019-20 as follows: vide Notification No. 09/2023–Central Tax Dated: 31st March, 2023 – (i) for the […]
Maximum late fees restricted to Rs. 1000 for Final Return in FORM GSTR-10 if GSTR-10 is furnished between 01.04.2023 to 30.06.2023
CBIC reduces Annual Return Late Fee as follows vide Notification No. 07/2023–Central Tax Dated: 31st March, 2023 – A. for the financial year 2022-23 onwards Registered persons having an aggregate turnover of up to five crore rupees in the relevant financial year– Fifty rupees per day (25 CGST+25 SGT), subject to a maximum of an amount […]
CBIC notifies Amnesty scheme registered persons in whose cases assessment u/s 62 of CGST Act has been done on or before 28.02.2023 and who have failed to furnish a valid GST return within a period of 30 days from date of service of assessment order vide Notification No. 06/2023 – Central Tax dated 31.03.2023. Ministry […]
